Maxwell’s ‘Agents of Change’ Conference to Celebrate and Examine the Nation’s 250th Anniversary
The full-day event on Oct. 16 is part of the school’s USA@250 programming and will feature a keynote by Goldman School Dean David C. Wilson and panels with faculty scholars and pollster John Zogby ’74 M.A. (Hist).
See related: Federal Government, School History, United States, USA@250
Maxwell Advisory Board Welcomes Six Accomplished Alumni
Their expertise spans a range of fields, and they play a vital role in advising the dean and school leadership.
See related: Promotions & Appointments, School History
Who Enters and Who Exits Direct Care Jobs in Long-Term Care Settings?
Co-authored by Associate Professor of Economics Yulya Truskinovsky, the article was published by Brookings.
See related: Child & Elder Care, Labor, United States
Monarch Talks With Syracuse.com About Trump’s Latest Round of Tariffs on Canada
“Every business has their own strategy, and it’s a lot harder to track the effects (of tariffs) into consumer prices,” says Ryan Monarch, associate professor of economics. “What I think is fair is that it has not sort of been a catastrophe in terms of hyperinflation.”
See related: Canada, Government, International Affairs, New York State, Tariffs, Trade
New Federal Grant Funds Specialized Training in Health and Aging Research
Doctoral students will examine how policies and geographic factors shape health outcomes for American adults.
See related: Aging, Community Health, Grant Awards, Longevity, Student Experience, U.S. Education, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Maxwell to Host Panel Discussion, Film Screening Marking the 25th Anniversary of 9/11
The event will be held in the K.G. Tan Auditorium on Sept. 14, and features a screening of the documentary, The Heroism and Resiliency of 9/11: From Tragedy to Triumph, produced by Maxwell alumnus Chris Meek.
See related: Alumni Experience, U.S. National Security
Monarch Discusses the Escalating Trade War Between the US and Canada With Spectrum News and WGRZ
“You’re going to have businesses on both sides of the border that are dealing with higher costs and more uncertainty, both of which are not sort of conducive to good business and to providing products to consumers at their sort of most efficient prices,” says Ryan Monarch, associate professor of economics.
See related: Canada, Government, Tariffs, Trade, United States
Maxwell School Announces Faculty Promotions for 2026-27
Four faculty members have received tenure in their promotion to associate professor, while one has been promoted to full professor and another to associate teaching professor.
See related: Promotions & Appointments
Buzard Discusses Her Research on Schools Viewing Mothers as the Default Parent in The Conversation
“When similar decisions [to contact mothers first] are repeated thousands of times across schools and other organizations, they can reinforce the unequal division of caregiving responsibilities that already exists within many families,” says Kristy Buzard, associate professor of economics.
See related: Child & Elder Care, Gender and Sex, U.S. Education, United States
Monarch Discusses the Good Side of a Trade Deficit With Marketplace
Ryan Monarch tells Marketplace that a trade deficit is not necessarily a bad thing, “If you have a trade deficit, another way of saying that is that your country is a place in which a lot of other countries really want to invest, where they want to put their money into.”
See related: Economic Policy, International Affairs, Trade, United States
Mitra Speaks With Turbulence Podcast About Tariffs, Global Trade and India
Devashish Mitra, Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs, argues that tariffs can't do what they promise: trade balances are governed by macroeconomics, not trade policy, and the cost of a tariff falls largely on the country that imposes it.
See related: Government, India, International Affairs, Tariffs, Trade, United States
Elgar Encyclopedia of International Trade
Devashish Mitra, professor of economics and Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs, has co-edited a new reference work, Elgar Encyclopedia of International Trade (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026), with Priyaranjan Jha, professor of economics at the University of California, Irvine. The volume is part of the Elgar Encyclopedias in Economics and Finance series.
See related: Economic Policy, International Affairs, Trade
The Effect of Export Market Access on Labor Market Power: Firm-Level Evidence From Vietnam
The article, co-authored by Professor of Economics Devashish Mitra, was published in the Journal of Development Economics.
See related: Gender and Sex, International Agreements, Labor, Southeast Asia, Tariffs, Trade
Maxwell Alum to Receive Honorary Degree at 2026 Syracuse University Commencement
Clifford J. Ensley ’69, ’70, G’71, a dedicated University trustee, accomplished entrepreneur and celebrated student-athlete, will be recognized with a doctor of humane letters from Syracuse University at the 2026 Commencement on Sunday, May 10.
See related: Alumni Experience, Awards & Honors
Maxwell Experts Weigh a Year of Tariff Turbulence
Hosted by the Moynihan Institute, the cross-disciplinary panel discussed the impact on consumers, supply chains, global credibility and more.
See related: Federal Government, Student Experience, Tariffs, U.S. Foreign Policy
2026-27 Remembrance Scholars Named: 35 Students, One Enduring Mission
The Remembrance Scholars plan the Remembrance activities held at the University each year, and the cohort will be recognized during a convocation in the fall.
See related: Awards & Honors, Student Experience
Two Special Spatial Weight Matrices and Their Effects on Estimation, Testing in Spatial Regressions
The article, co-authored by Distinguished Professor of Ecconomics Badi Baltagi, was published in Economics Letters.
See related: Research Methods
Exports and Intergenerational Mobility
Co-authored by Professor of Economics Devashish Mitra, the study was published in the Journal of International Economics.
See related: Children, Adolescents, International Agreements, Labor, Southeast Asia, Trade
Redistributive Land Reforms, Agricultural Productivity, and Structural Change
The article, co-authored by Professor of Economics Devashish Mitra and Associate Professor of Economics Abdulaziz Shifa, was published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
See related: Agriculture, Economic Policy, Labor
Time Invariant Variables in the Mundlak and Hausman-Taylor Panel Data Models
The article, co-authored by Distinguished Professor of Economics Badi Baltagi, was published in the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics.
See related: Research Methods